“Shanghai, 1937“ - Gacha Mini-Movie | Second Sino-Japanese War - 1937

Ladies and gentlemen, we’re here again together at last.

Welcome to Asia, precisely in China: a colossal nation that struggled fighting against the brutal might of the Japanese Empire, under the Nationalist leadership of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek!

Unlike my previous pieces, the following animated Gacha film has been produced with more accurate uniforms, animated wheels and tracks, more effects, improved sound effects, and most importantly—for the first time in my channel—the war took place in the city setting, whereas my previous films usually took place in the countryside!

Knowing Japan at that time by us, [war] history enthusiasts and historians, the following film contain scenes that will be sensitive to especially younger audiences. I advise you, viewers, to proceed with caution upon watching this film. Thank you all and God bless.

I forgot to put it in the end credits but yeah, special thanks to ‪@xnomdfrost1938‬ for illustrating the naval gun aboard a Momi-class destroyer!

August, 1937 -
“Four years before the total war broke out across the Pacific, two nations of the Far East had been at war together for around four months with Japan already eating up Northern China. To choke up China, the Japanese aimed their eyes at their new target; the port city of Pearl of the Orient, Shanghai. Therefore, the battle ensued with the Chinese attacking the Japanese that had already garrisoned in the city which caught the attention of the neutral International Settlement shared by Western powers; in other words, the eyes of the world were drawn at the event that foreshadowed the war with Japan later on. If Shanghai falls, Chinese forces along the coastal region would collapse along with the capital, Nanking.”

What’s with the Chinese having German stuffs? China and Germany had been cooperating with each other since the 1920s in which the relations became more favoured upon the rise of Hitler of Nazi Germany during 1933. However, by the time of the war, relations were cut-off for the sake of the well-known alliance with Japan.

Thank you all.
Love, Roderick.